The wave equation on asymptotically de Sitter-like spaces

In this paper we obtain the asymptotic behavior of solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation on Lorentzian manifolds (X degrees, g) which are de Sitter-like at infinity. Such manifolds are Lorentzian analogues of the so-called Riemannian conformally compact (or asymptotically hyperbolic) spaces. Under global assumptions on the (null)bicharacteristic flow, namely that the boundary of the compactification X is a union of two disjoint manifolds, Y(+/-) and each bicharacteristic converges to one of these two manifolds as the parameter along the bicharacteristic goes to +infinity, and to the other manifold as the parameter goes to -infinity, we also define the scattering operator, and show that it is a Fourier integral operator associated to the bicharacteristic flow from Y(+) to Y(-) (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.